The young man nodded and quickly wrote down Manager Mu's words with the pen in his hand.
Song Liyun's arrival interrupted the two people's reconciliation.
Shopkeeper Mu smiled and stood up to offer her his seat: "Come and see, young lady! When did beef and mutton sell so well even in such hot weather?"
Song Liyun sat down and looked at the account book, then smiled and asked, "When has Shopkeeper Mu ever seen anyone selling mutton in the summer?"
Shopkeeper Mu was stunned and laughed: "I was stupid."
Summer is the time when ewes are raising lambs and rams are growing, so they are not slaughtered for meat.
What I sell here are all fat sheep slaughtered last winter. They are frozen in ice cellars and are still fresh even when they are sent to the county town with the ice.
On the other side, a fair and handsome young man lowered his head, half of his face covered with a hat, and handed the account book in his hand to Song Liyun: "Miss Song, this is the income for the first half of the month."
Song Liyun did not take his account book, but instead gestured for him to sit down and talk.
"How are you feeling now? Do you need to rest at home for a while?"
Tang Liang shook his head: "Please take care of me, young lady. I have recovered and don't want to stay at home anymore. Uncle Mu is short of manpower here, so I will come over and do it first."
Song Liyun continued, "Don't force yourself. What happened in the past is in the past, and life will get better."
Tang Liang suddenly knelt on the ground: "I left in a hurry before and didn't have time to thank Young Master Wuda. Today I learned that the girl is the Young Master's wife. Please accept this bow and thank the Young Master for saving my life!" As he said this, he kowtowed.
Song Liyun and Manager Mu quickly pulled him up.
Shopkeeper Mu whispered, "Don't tell everyone about Miss Song's identity. If those ignorant people get angry, you'll put her in harm's way!"
Now the people in Suijin Town only know that the Song family is doing business with Caoyuan. Although there is some discussion, it has not caused any trouble.
It’s all about making money. Now everyone is making money, and the military households have no objections at all!
Those who came here to pan for gold were not serious people who followed the rules.
Moreover, many villagers in the surrounding area have private dealings with the grassland, otherwise those bandits would not collude with the grassland bandits.
If people knew that the richest military household in Suijin Town was going to marry into the Di tribe, it would inevitably lead to criticism and cause a huge uproar.
Song Liyun didn't care, but the garrison stationed in Suijin Town would definitely be implicated. Even with the Qili County Government suppressing it, it would still be a disturbance.
In the spirit of "less trouble is worse than more", Song Liyun planned to keep her marriage as low-key as possible, and only a few core people knew about it.
Tang Liang saw that he had almost gotten into trouble, so frightened that he raised his hand and slapped himself in the face. Then he sank to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your humble servant deserves to be beaten! Your humble servant deserves to be beaten!"
"Stop knocking, no one can hit you!" Song Liyun asked Tang Liang, who was still in shock, to get up.
But she frowned slightly: She found that the people rescued from the grassland all had some psychological problems.
All of this was caused by the mark on his face.
Tang Liang was one of the dozens of slaves rescued by Zhao Tingduo a few months ago.
Those dozens of people followed the Censor to the capital to serve as witnesses.
Tang Liang was different from other people who were deceived and abducted. He was kidnapped from Suijin Town.
After recuperating in the combined military camp for a period of time and giving his statement, he was sent back home.
Tang Liang had worked as a clerk in the grocery store owned by Manager Mu. He could read and keep accounts, and he was also handsome, which made him an outlier on the grassland.
So at the Xuyang Pasture Auction, he was bought by a tribal chief at a high price of twenty cows and given to his daughter as a plaything.
To prevent loss, grassland herders will brand their livestock with their own marks.
These slaves who were treated as property would also be branded, and in order to achieve the effect of psychological destruction, Wu Chaonu would also brand the most conspicuous part of their faces.
Even though Tang Liang was not sent to the wilderness to herd cattle, he was locked up in a yurt every day to do "odd jobs" and was branded as a slave.
Xiao Shitou was unwilling to come back because of this, and Tang Liang naturally couldn't stand it even more.
When he was sent back to his home outside Qili County, he was surrounded by people.
On the one hand, they came to congratulate him for escaping from the Di tribe alive, but on the other hand, they were interested in the slave mark on his face.
It is rare for people who are abducted to the grassland to come back safe and sound with fair skin and tender skin.
Tang Liang stayed at home for several months without going out. Manager Mu felt that if he continued like this, he would be ruined, so he brought him to Suijin Town to be his assistant.
Song Liyun now has more and more things to do, and Han Ming and he are too busy to handle it.
It is almost time to purchase grass powder and soybean meal from various villages in Qili County. Not only do we need the garrison to send vehicles to help, but we also need clerks who can keep accounts in each place.
Manager Mu was in urgent need of manpower, otherwise he would not have called Tang Liang, who was too shy to see people.
Unexpectedly, Tang Liang agreed after knowing the relationship between Song Liyun and Young Master Wuda.
He said he wanted to repay the kindness of Young Master Wuda.
Song Liyun really dislikes this mentality of repaying a favor. In her opinion, working diligently and responsibly is a win-win for both the boss and the employees, and is more reliable than being a "benefactor" in words.
Of course, she couldn't say these words to spoil the fun, so she just asked Tang Liang to get into work mode as soon as possible and use real money to soothe his wounded heart.
After looking at the frozen storage account book, Song Liyun said, "Tang Liang did a great job.
Tomorrow, a batch of grain from the old warehouse will be delivered to Pingyang Prefecture. You should prepare the accounts first and then send it to the feed factory to lower the price of feed appropriately."
"Also, it's time to prepare the bedding for the guildhall. I heard from Mr. Zhang that he renovated two more guest rooms."
Shopkeeper Mu and Tang Liang nodded in agreement.
In the past, merchants who came to buy mutton could only spend the night in a courtyard.
Now there are several rooms decorated in the hall specifically for accommodating merchants. If you want to stay more comfortably, you can pay.
By the time Song Liyun had roughly asked about everything, it was already getting dark. She had not even rested after returning from the Huangsha River Valley.
Song Dekui came to pick her up on horseback.
He was just preparing a new batch of prefabricated houses at the carton factory. When he heard that Song Liyun had not returned for a long time after entering the town, he came to check on the situation.
Although Suijin Town is now surrounded like an iron wall, Song Dekui and his men dare not be careless.
Song Liyun is not only the soon-to-be-married young lady of the Wuda tribe, but also the leader of the broken gold business.
Invisibly, there are already thousands of people who rely on her for their livelihood. If something happens to her, I'm afraid half of Yunzhou will be in an uproar.
People who stand at the forefront of the storm always have to be on guard against the arrival of danger.
Whether it was the Di tribe on the grassland who were hostile to the Wuda tribe, or the "escaped" Qi family, they all had reasons to attack Song Liyun.
Back at Baolinju, in the kitchen, Yunniang was teaching Languo how to make Wuchao's food.
Han Ming brought the Di woman back to Suijin Town, but instead of keeping her in his house, he gave her to Song Liyun. "Xiaoyun, train her now. When you get married, take Lang Guo with you to the Mida Valley as a maidservant. Otherwise, you won't even have a dedicated maidservant in the future."
Song Liyun was stunned. This was a gift from Balin to Han Ming.
She had Madam Yun as her dowry, and she had never really thought about having a personal maid.
The wealthier families in the Wu Dynasty all had servants and maids, and even Xue Zhuang's family had a maid.
Song Liyun did not prepare any maids, not only because she was not used to using slaves, but also because there were too many secrets in Baolinju.
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